South Cambridgeshire

For the parliamentary constituency, see South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency).

South Cambridgeshire District
Non-metropolitan district
Cambourne, a new town and the administrative centre of the district
South Cambridgeshire shown within Cambridgeshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Cambridgeshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Cambourne
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	South Cambridgeshire District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Liberal Democrat)
•  MPs	Anthony Browne (C) Lucy Frazer (C)
Area
• Total	348.12 sq mi (901.63 km2)
• Rank	40th (of 309)
Population  (2021)
• Total	162,118
• Rank	122nd (of 309)
• Density	470/sq mi (180/km2)
• Ethnicity	97.1% White
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	12UG (ONS) E07000012 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL318598
Website	www.scambs.gov.uk

Longstanton, one of the many villages of the district

South Cambridgeshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 162,119 at the 2021 census. ^[1] It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It completely surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by Cambridge City Council.

Southern Cambridgeshire, including both the district of South Cambridgeshire and the city of Cambridge, has a population of over 281,000 (including students) and an area of 1,017.28 km square.

Oakington, one of the many villages in the district

On the abolition of South Herefordshire and Hereford districts to form the unitary Herefordshire in 1998, South Cambridgeshire became the only English district to completely encircle another.

The district's coat of arms contains a tangential reference to the coat of arms of the University of Cambridge ^[2] by way of the coat of arms of Cambridge suburb Chesterton. ^[3] The motto, Niet Zonder Arbyt, means "Not Without Work" (or effort) in pre-standard Dutch; the only Dutch motto in British civic heraldry. It was originally the motto of Cornelius Vermuyden, who drained the Fens in the 17th century. The district council's headquarters moved from Cambridge to Cambourne in 2004.

South Cambridgeshire has scored highly on the best places to live, according to Channel 4, which ranked South Cambridgeshire as the fifth-best place to live in 2006.^{[ citation needed ]} A Halifax survey rated South Cambridgeshire the best place to live in rural Britain, and sixth best overall in 2017. ^[4]

Histon, one of the largest villages in the district

In 2010 South Cambridgeshire had the highest median household income in the county of Cambridgeshire. ^[5]

List of settlements

Abington Piggotts  – Arrington  – Babraham  – Balsham  – Bar Hill  – Barrington  – Bartlow  – Barton  – Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth  – Bourn  – Boxworth  – Caldecote  – Cambourne  – Carlton  – Castle Camps  – Caxton  – Childerley  – Chishills  – Chittering  – Comberton  – Conington  – Coton  – Cottenham  – Croxton  – Croydon  – Dry Drayton  – Duxford  – Elsworth  – Eltisley  – Fen Ditton  – Fen Drayton  – Fowlmere  – Foxton  – Fulbourn  – Gamlingay  – Girton  – Grantchester  – Graveley  – Great Abington  – Great Eversden  – Great Shelford  – Great Wilbraham  – Guilden Morden  – Hardwick  – Harlton  – Harston  – Haslingfield  – Hatley  – Hauxton  – Heydon  – Hildersham  – Hinxton  – Histon  – Horseheath  – Horningsea  – Ickleton  – Impington  – Kingston  – Knapwell  – Landbeach  – Linton  – Litlington  – Little Abington  – Little Eversden  – Little Gransden  – Little Shelford  – Little Wilbraham  – Lolworth  – Longstanton  – Longstowe  – Madingley  – Melbourn  – Meldreth  – Milton  – Newton  – Oakington  – Orchard Park  – Orwell  – Over  – Pampisford  – Papworth Everard  – Papworth St Agnes  – Rampton  – Sawston  – Shepreth  – Shingay cum Wendy  – Shudy Camps  – Six Mile Bottom  – Stapleford  – Steeple Morden  – Stow-cum-Quy  – Swavesey  – Tadlow  – Teversham  – Thriplow & Heathfield  – Toft  – Waterbeach  – West Wickham  – West Wratting  – Weston Colville  – Westwick  – Whaddon  – Whittlesford  – Willingham  – Wimpole

Local government

See also: South Cambridgeshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire local elections

South Cambridgeshire District Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Leader	Bridget Smith, Liberal Democrat since 23 May 2018
Structure
Seats	45 councillors
Political groups	Executive (37)   Liberal Democrats (37) Opposition (8)   Conservatives (8)
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large and first-past-the-post
Last election	5 May 2022
Meeting place
South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, CB23 6EA
Website
www.scambs.gov.uk

South Cambridgeshire
Crest	On a Wreath Argent and Gules upon a Mount Vert a Great Bustard close between the legs two Quill Pens in saltire points downward all proper.
Blazon	Gules on a Saltire Ermine between in chief a Cornucopia the horn Or replenished proper in fess two Garbs and in base the Sails of a Windmill Or a closed Book Gules clasped and garnished Or.
Motto	Niet Zonder Arbyt
Granted 13 May 1978 [6]

South Cambridgeshire District Council's headquarters are located in South Cambridgeshire Hall in the Cambourne Business Park in Cambourne. ^[7] The council consists of 45 councillors (reduced from 57 in 2018), representing 26 electoral wards (reduced from 34 in 2018). Since 2018 the council has been run by the Liberal Democrats. Before this, from 2007, the Conservatives had control, and prior to that, no party had overall control of the council.

Party	Councillors
Liberal Democrat	37
Conservative	8

Composition

See also: South Cambridgeshire District Council elections and 2022 South Cambridgeshire District Council election

The council consists of 45 councillors, representing 26 electoral wards. The Liberal Democrats currently have a majority on the council, having gained control in the 2018 local elections. Prior to this, the Conservative party had overall control of the council since 2007, although independents formed the majority of the council from its formation in 1973 until 1992. Councillors are elected to four year terms. The 2018 elections were the first of the All-out Elections under the new policy agreed in 2015; ^[8] previous to that, elections for a third of all councillors took place in three years out of a four-year cycle, with one year without an election.

Party		Councillors	Change (from 2018 election)
	Conservative	8	−4
	Liberal Democrats	37	+8
	Independent	0	−2
	Labour	0	−2
Total		45	−

Cabinet

Office		Party	Name
Leader		Liberal Democrats	Bridget Smith
Deputy Leader		Liberal Democrats	Neil Gough
Finance		Liberal Democrats	John Williams
Environmental Services and Licensing		Liberal Democrats	Bill Handley
Housing		Liberal Democrats	Hazel Smith
Planning		Liberal Democrats	Tumi Hawkins

Councillors and Wards

Ward	Parishes [9]		Councillor [10]	Party
Balsham	Balsham, Carlton, Horseheath, West Wickham, West Wratting, Western Colville		Geoff Harvey	Liberal Democrat
Bar Hill	Bar Hill		Bunty Waters	Conservative
Barrington	Barrington, Great Eversden, Little Eversden, Orwell, Wimpole		Aidan Van de Weyer	Liberal Democrat
Bassingbourn	Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Litlington,		Susan van de Ven	Liberal Democrats
Caldecote	Bourn, Caldecote, Childerley, Kingston, Little Gransden, Longstowe, Toft		Tumi Hawkins	Liberal Democrat
Cambourne	Cambourne		Stephen Drew	Liberal Democrat
			Helene Leeming	Liberal Democrat
			Shrobona Bhattacharya	Conservative
Caxton & Papworth	Boxworth, Caxton, Conington, Croxton, Elsworth, Eltisley, Graveley, Knapwell, Papworth Everard, Papworth St Agnes		Mark Howell	Conservative
			Peter Sandford	Liberal Democrat
Cottenham	Cottenham, Rampton		Neil Gough	Liberal Democrat
			Eileen Wilson	Liberal Democrat
Duxford	Babraham, Duxford, Hinxton, Ickleton, Pampisford		Peter McDonald	Liberal Democrat
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn	Fen Ditton, Fulbourn, Great Wilbraham, Horningsea, Little Wilbraham, Stow-cum-Quy, Teversham		Graham Cone	Conservative
			Carla Hofman	Liberal Democrat
			John Williams	Liberal Democrat
Foxton	Fowlmere, Foxton, Great Chishill, Heydon, Little Chishill		James Hobro	Liberal Democrat
Gamlingay	Gamlingay		Bridget Smith	Liberal Democrat
Girton	Dry Drayton, Girton, Madingley		Corinne Garvie	Liberal Democrats
			Richard Stobart	Liberal Democrats
Hardwick	Hardwick, Toft		Lina Nieto	Conservative
Harston & Comberton	Barton, Comberton, Coton, Grantchester, Harlton, Harston, Haslingfield, Hauxton, South Trumpington		Michael Atkins	Liberal Democrat
			Ariel Cahn	Liberal Democrat
			Lisa Redrup	Liberal Democrat
Histon & Impington	Histon, Impington, Orchard Park		Martin Cahn	Liberal Democrat
			Sunita Hansraj	Liberal Democrat
			Pippa Heylings	Liberal Democrat
Linton	Bartlow, Castle Camps, Great Abington, Hildersham, Linton, Little Abington, Shudy Camps		Henry Batchelor	Liberal Democrat
			John Batchelor	Liberal Democrat
Longstanton	Longstanton, Oakington, Westwick		Sarah Cheung Johnson	Liberal Democrat
			Alex Malyon	Liberal Democrat
Melbourn	Melbourn, Meldreth, Shepreth, Whaddon		Jose Hales	Liberal Democrat
			Sally Ann Hart	Liberal Democrat
Milton & Waterbeach	Landbeach, Milton, Waterbeach		Paul Bearpark	Liberal Democrat
			Anna Bradnam	Liberal Democrat
			Judith Rippeth	Liberal Democrat
Over & Willingham	Over, Willingham		Bill Handley	Liberal Democrat
			Daniel Lentell	Liberal Democrat
Sawston	Sawston		Libby Earle	Liberal Democrat
			Brian Milnes	Liberal Democrat
Shelford	Great Shelford, Little Shelford, Stapleford		Peter Fane	Liberal Democrat
			William Jackson-Wood	Liberal Democrat
Swavesey	Fen Drayton, Lolworth, Swavesey		Sue Ellington	Conservative
The Mordens	Abington Pigotts, Arrington, Croydon, Guilden Morden, Hatley, Shingay-cum-Wendy, Steeple Morden, Tadlow		Heather Williams	Conservative
Whittlesford	Heathfield, Newton, Thriplow, Whittlesford		Richard Williams	Conservative

Transportation

Cambridge Airport is located in South Cambridgeshire. ^[11]

The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway passes through South Cambridgeshire.

Economy

ScotAirways has its head office on the grounds of Cambridge Airport in South Cambridgeshire. ^{[11] [12]}

References

1. "Non-Metropolitan District council population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
2. "South Cambs coat of arms".
3. "Chesterton coat of arms".
4. "Halifax survey".^{[ dead link ]}
5. "Cambridgeshires Economic Assessment People Profile.pdf" (PDF). Cambridgeshire Insight.
6. "SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL". Robert Young. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
7. "How to find us Archived 23 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine ." South Cambridgeshire. Retrieved on 6 June 2010.
8. "Moving to All-out Elections." South Cambridgeshire. Retrieved on 7 May 2018.
9. "Your Councillors". scambs.moderngov.co.uk. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
10. "Your Councillors". scambs.moderngov.co.uk. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
11. "Local Plan 2004 map 27b – Cambridge Airport." South Cambridgeshire District Council. Retrieved on 6 July 2010.
12. "Contact Us." ScotAirways. Retrieved on 29 September 2009.

External links

• England portal

• South Cambridgeshire
• List of settlements on South Cambridgeshire website
• Coat of arms

Coordinates: 52°07′55″N0°06′18″E / 52.132°N 0.105°E / 52.132; 0.105